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Street photography is dead, declare forum threads and... more

A couple of weeks ago a Sony-sponsored study found that consumers are ready to embrace selfies as a tool. Now a research paper, published by Sarah Diefenbach and Lara Christoforakos of Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich published in Frontiers in Psychology in January suggests... more

Roger Cicalathe founder of Lens Rentals and one of the most entertaining and informative voices in the world of optical testinghas some news for you: zoom lenses are never as good as primes, and they vary so... more

A new Kickstarter project aims to make digital photography easily accessible to children, with a product that is relatively inexpensive and durable. Called Pixlplay, the device is essentially a smartphone case shaped like a classic 35mm film camera, and it includes moveable dials and knobs, as well as a functional shutter button.

The Pixlplay... more

Im always searching for interesting personal projectsideas that are worth the effort and time it takes to make it visible.

Nowadays, I often get suggestions for themes or models for photoshoots. For my personal projects I prefer to come up with my own concepts, but every once in a while along comes a project that is really hard to say no to…

This time it was an idea suggested by... more

Here’s a neat little animation from Harman Technologt, the folks behind the Ilford brand of film, that breaks down exactly how a basic film photography SLR (single lens reflex)... more

It’s time to give some long-overdue love to two cheap films in price, but by no means in quality. It can be tempting to go for the expensive films when you’re out buying rolls of 35mm, but let’s not forget about the bottom of the shelf.

The films you are going to read about have some serious advantages on top of their inexpensive price.

If you are just starting out with film photography, it may be a good opportunity to practice without breaking the bank... more

Yongnuo has been making decent Canon knockoffs for a while now, so when it was discovered that an 85mm f/1.8 Canon clone was in the works, we got excited. Now, we get to find out if the Yongnuo, at half the price of its Canon counterpart, can keep up.

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I had a few hours to kill before work one morning, so I decided to head down to a public garden a few miles from my house and take some pictures. In the summer this place is full of color, with roses growing everywhereup trellises, along the walls, above your head. It’s an old Fort on the seafront, built to defend the city from French invasion.

At this time of year, it was dead. The only color was the light grey of the footpaths and the brown of the soil. I was sitting on... more

The Canon EF 70-300mm F4-5.6 IS II USM is a full-frame lens, but this budget-friendly, stabilized tele-zoom will likely appeal to owners of APS-C bodies too. So we've updated our initial sample gallery, shot on the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, with some more images captured with the EOS 80D. Check out the full gallery by clicking the link below; to see everything that's new in a glance, hit the... more

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